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• Cohere hits a $6.8B valuation as investors AMD, Nvidia, and Salesforce double down 💰
• Lovable projects $1B in ARR within next 12 months 📈
• Cohere hires long-time Meta research head Joelle Pineau as its chief AI officer 👩‍💼
• Google pushes AI into flight deals as antitrust scrutiny, competition heat up ✈️
• Buzzy AI startup Multiverse creates two of the smallest high-performing models ever 🚀
• A.I. is transforming investing. But does it improve performance or just reduce costs? 📊
• NSF and NVIDIA partnership enables Ai2 to develop fully open AI models to fuel U.S. scientific innovation 🔬
• Oracle to Offer Google's Gemini Models to Customers, Accelerating Enterprises' Agentic AI Journeys 🤝

Cohere raises $500M, reaching $6.8B valuation with enterprise-focused AI strategy.

Cohere hits a $6.8B valuation as investors AMD, Nvidia, and Salesforce double down

Cohere, the Toronto-based artificial intelligence company, has secured $500 million in an oversubscribed funding round, pushing its valuation to $6.8 billion. This represents a significant jump from its $5.5 billion valuation achieved just over a year ago during its previous $500 million raise.

Founded in 2019 by Aidan Gomez, one of the co-authors of the groundbreaking "Attention Is All You Need" research paper that laid the foundation for modern AI, Cohere was among the first companies to break out in the large language model (LLM) space. Despite its early entry, the company has maintained a relatively low profile compared to AI giants like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta in the ongoing AI model competition.

However, Cohere has carved out a distinct niche by focusing exclusively on enterprise customers rather than consumers. The company's core value proposition centers on providing secure LLMs specifically designed for business use cases, positioning itself as a safer alternative to consumer-focused AI models that have been repurposed for enterprise applications.

"Cohere represents a security-first category of enterprise AI that is simply not being met by repurposed consumer models," the company stated in its press release, taking a clear shot at competitors who have pivoted consumer products for business use.

This enterprise-focused strategy has paid dividends in securing high-profile partnerships. Cohere has established relationships with major technology companies including Oracle, Dell, Bell, Fujitsu, LG's consulting service CNS, and SAP. The company has also attracted significant enterprise clients such as RBC and gained a new investor in this funding round: the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan.

As part of its growth strategy, Cohere has been actively recruiting top talent from established tech companies. The company recently hired Joelle Pineau, a long-time Meta research executive, as its chief AI officer. Additionally, Cohere brought on Francois Chadwick as its new CFO, poaching him from his consulting role at KPMG. Chadwick brings substantial experience from his previous finance roles at Uber and his position as CFO at Shield AI.

The latest funding round was co-led by Radical Ventures and Inovia Capital. Radical Ventures has built a strong portfolio in the AI space, backing companies such as Fei-Fei Li's World Labs, along with other notable names like Hebbia and Writer. Inovia Capital, a prominent Canadian venture firm, has invested in companies including Poolside and Neo4j.

Several existing investors participated in the round, including AMD Ventures, Nvidia, and Salesforce Ventures. However, notably absent from the list of participating investors was Oracle, despite the database giant's previous backing of Cohere in 2023.

This absence may signal a shift in Oracle's AI strategy. The company has recently aligned itself more closely with OpenAI, particularly through its involvement in the massive Stargate data center project. This strategic realignment suggests Oracle may be consolidating its AI investments around OpenAI rather than maintaining diverse partnerships across multiple AI model providers.

Cohere's latest funding round reflects the continued investor appetite for AI companies, particularly those with differentiated market positioning. While the broader AI market has seen intense competition and significant capital deployment, Cohere's focus on enterprise security and specialized business applications has allowed it to maintain steady growth and attract substantial investment.

The company's approach of targeting enterprise customers with security-first solutions addresses a critical market need as businesses increasingly seek AI capabilities that meet their compliance and security requirements. Rather than competing directly in the consumer AI space dominated by ChatGPT and other high-profile products, Cohere has built a sustainable business model serving the more complex but lucrative enterprise market.

With this new funding, Cohere is well-positioned to continue expanding its enterprise partnerships and developing specialized AI solutions for business customers who prioritize security and reliability over consumer-friendly features.

AI startup Lovable targets $1B revenue within 12 months.

Lovable projects $1B in ARR within next 12 months

AI coding startup Lovable is targeting $1 billion in annual recurring revenue within 12 months, CEO Anton Osika announced on Bloomberg TV. The company currently grows by $8 million ARR monthly and reached $100 million ARR just eight months after hitting its first million. Lovable projects $250 million ARR by year-end. Founded in 2023, the European AI startup achieved a $1.8 billion valuation this summer following a $200 million Series A funding round, establishing itself as one of Europe's leading AI companies.

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